Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [art] first [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents usually notice that biting starts as the first teeth begin to emerge . |
| 2 | Faulty learning occurs because the first instances of it were inappropriately reinforced by the parents or other caretakers of the child . |
| 3 | Figure 3.3 also shows that the first cycles are richest in deep sleep and that REM sleep is concentrated towards the end of the night . |
| 4 | Our evidence which shows that the first glimmerings of our new paradigm emerged around 1860 and we expect that by 2010 the shift will be virtually complete , although it will take longer for its changes to affect everyone . |
| 5 | Cash generation has assumed its full priority and Roger Shute , the chairman , reports that the first benefits of this policy have already been seen with bank borrowings reduced from £5.6million to £3.6million . |
| 6 | Scientists from British Universities and dental schools now believe they did — and that the tiny inch-long eel-like creature was not only the earliest vertebrate but suggests that the first vertebrates began to evolve as long as 600 million years ago — as , of course , a marine fish … |
| 7 | Who knows whether the first Americans who came across the Bering Strait in pre-history were indeed the first . |